# Περὶ εἰρήνης 74

Isocrates, Περὶ εἰρήνης, Section 74. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-18/74

ἔφασκον γὰρ ἐκεῖθεν κάλλιστʼ ἂν ὑμᾶς καταμαθεῖν ὡς οὐ συμφέρει λαβεῖν τὴν κατὰ θάλατταν ἀρχήν, εἰ σκέψαισθε τίνα τρόπον ἡ πόλις διέκειτο πρὶν τὴν δύναμιν ταύτην κτήσασθαι, καὶ πῶς ἐπειδὴ κατέσχεν αὐτήν· ἢν γὰρ ταῦτα παρʼ ἄλληλα τῇ διανοία θεωρήσητε, γνώσεσθʼ ὅσων κακῶν αἰτία τῇ πόλει γέγονεν.

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Isocrates, Περὶ εἰρήνης, ed. George Norlin. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0010.tlg017.local001/.